What ya think?

[Puddlejumper]

If I remember correctly, and I probably don't, the scrap metal dealer near here cut the tires of the rims with some sort of hydraulic snip attachment on a track hoe, the metal went into one pile, to be loaded by magnetic crane, the rubber another pile, to be loaded by a front loader. If you are going to model a scrap tire company or recycler may I suggest having cut tires and whole tires to simulate tires that had to be cut off rims and those that were dropped off or collected whole, already off rims.